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        Matt Gemmell is back on the Mac
            Matt Gemmell went iPad-only in 2016, but he's made the move Back to Mac
[The Mac is] satisfying
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        It’s time to engage
            Casey Newton writing on Platformer: Google Slings More AI at the Web
To get the web we had at its
        
        
     
        
                    
    
                
    
            
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        Development is going through a real change
            Thomas Ricouard: Is Software Engineering Over as We Know It?
Writing code has always been a means to an end,
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Apple jumps in the hot tub
            Zac Hall writing for 9to5Mac: Apple Responds After Being Forced to Approve Porn App on EU iPhones Due to DMA
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Grammarly still bests Writing Tools
            Adam Engst: Why Grammarly Beats Apple’s Writing Tools for Serious Writers
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        El Salvador gives up on Bitcoin
            The Tico Times: El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment
Bitcoin was never used by most Salvadorans,
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        That’s not for me, but I love that the open web makes it possible
            Federico Viticci for MacStories: The Many Purposes of Timeline Apps for the Open Web
But: the beauty of the open
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        The LLM bubble might be about to burst (but not for the reason you think)
            Ben Turner: Chinese Researchers Just Built an Open-Source Rival to ChatGPT in 2 Months. Silicon Valley Is Freaked Out.
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        Show “nobody wanted” was the second-most-watched show on Disney+
            Katie Campione writing for Deadline with a very long headline: Broadcast Was “Surprisingly Resilient” in 2024 Amid Production Declines, but
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        I think OpenAI’s next app is a web browser
            Casey Newton: Hands on With Operator — A Promising but Frustrating New Frontier for Artificial Intelligence
The experience revealed to me
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Web tech rocks
            John Siracusa is making a new Mac app and he’s been talking about the development process on ATP for
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Ghost 6 is coming in 2025 and will include ActivityPub for everyone
            The Ghost Blog: The Story So Far
This year we're going to ship ActivityPub to everyone, in a
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        The Vision Pro makes Touch ID more appealing
            Ryan Christoffel writing on 9to5Mac: Why Vision Pro Is Apple’s Best Reason Yet to Bring Touch ID Back to
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        The best app for gaming on the Vision Pro will soon be Safari
            Andrew Fear writing for the official NVIDIA blog: PC Gaming in the Cloud Goes Everywhere With New Devices and AAA
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        A lot changed for LLMs in 2024
            I thought this was a fascinating post by Simon Willison: Things We Learned About LLMs in 2024
This increase in
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Sign up for X to see that amber alert. Yikes
            Kate Knibbs writing for Wired: Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
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        That app could probably be a website
            P. Martin Ortiz writing for Rogue Engine: Your App Should Have Been a Website
Some companies push for app installations
        
        
     
        
                    
    
                
    
            
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        Bending the knee, $1 million at a time
            M.G. Siegler on his blog, Spyglass: $1M Knee Pads
Of course, the point here, in the real world, isn&